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+[submodule "external/mesytec-mvlc"]
+	path = external/mesytec-mvlc
+	url = ../mesytec-mvlc.git
diff --git a/external/mesytec-mvlc b/external/mesytec-mvlc
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+Subproject commit ae60bb140eb148607e8a22641c5f64c77306361a